High Profile Cases Media & Entertainment News Delhi High Court rejects plea alleging glorification of Sati in Padmaavat February 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today rejected a plea seeking penal action against the producers and the director of Bollywood movie ‘Padmaavat’ for alleged glorification of the practice of ‘sati’. ‘Sati’ is an obsolete funeral custom where a widow immolates herself on her husband’s pyre and the law prohibits it. A bench of Acting Chief Justice […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal advocate Mehmood Pracha CBFC Central Board of Film Certification featured glorification of Sati Justice C Hari Shankar obsolete funeral custom Padmaavat Sati
Criminal Law News Top Law News Life term awarded to three in murder case of 2014 in the Kidwai Nagar. February 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three brothers have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in connection with a murder case of 2014. Additional District Sessions judge Ram Sudh Singh yesterday held Anees, Pappu and Muzammil guilty of killing Nazakat under section 302 of the IPC. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the each […] Read more » 2014 Additional District Sessions judge Ram Sudh Singh featured Kidwai Nagar l life term murder case
High Profile Cases HC dismisses petition in 2007 Gorakhpur riot case February 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea seeking an independent probe into an FIR related to the 2007 Gorakhpur riot case in which the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and the then Gorakhpur MP, Yogi Adityanath, was one of the accused. A bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Akhilesh Chandra Sharma dismissed the petition filed […] Read more » 2007 Gorakhpur riot case Allahabad High Court Anju Chaudhri chief minister featured Gorakhpur MP Justice Akhilesh Chandra Sharma Justice Krishna Murari the then MLA Radha Mohan Agarwal then mayor of the city Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath
Top Law News Bombay High Court sets aside Maharashtra government resolution on teaching staff’s bank accounts February 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today set aside a Maharashtra government resolution asking the teaching and non-teaching staff of the government schools in Thane to shift their salary accounts to a particular cooperative bank. A bench of justices BR Gavai and BP Colabawalla termed the resolution arbitrary and questioned the rationale behind the government’s decision to […] Read more » featured govt resolution HC Justice BP Colabawalla Justices BR Gavai Maharashtra government resolution teaching staff's bank accounts Thane District Central Cooperative Bank Thane Janata Sahakari Bank.
Top Law News PNB fraud : Vipul Ambani and 5 others in CBI custody till Mar 5 February 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here today remanded Vipul Ambani, the president (finance) of Nirav Modi’s Fire Star Diamond, and five others in CBI custody till March 5 in connection with the Rs 11,400 crore alleged fraud in Punjab National Bank (PNB). The six were arrested yesterday in connection with two FIRs registered by the CBI involving […] Read more » CFO Kapil Khandelwal featured Gitanjali group Kavita Mankikar Nakshatra group Nirav Modi PNB PNB fraud PNB fraud PMLA case Punjab National Bank Special Court Judge S R Tamboli Vipul Ambani
Top Law News Supreme Court allows Centre to withdraw CAPF force from Darjeeling hills February 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today allowed the Centre to withdraw the remaining four companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) from West Bengal’s violence hit Darjeeling area after March 8. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered Attorney General K K Venugopal’s submission that the deployment of the central armed forces fell under the Central […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Calcutta High Court CAPF Central Armed Police Forces Chief Justice Dipak Misra Darjeeling Hills featured
High Profile Cases PNB fraud: Centre opposes plea for SIT probe February 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today opposed in the Supreme Court a PIL seeking an independent probe and deportation of billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi in the over Rs 11,000 crore PNB fraud case, saying an FIR has been lodged and a probe was on. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud PNB PNB fraud PNB fraud PMLA case Punjab National Bank Reserve Bank of India Rs 11000 crore PNB fraud case
Criminal Law News CBI begins questioning of Rotomac owner Vikram Kothari February 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI today started questioning of Rotomac owner Vikram Kothari at its Headquarters here in connection with alleged loan default of Rs 3,695 crore towards a consortium of seven nationalised banks, officials said here. Earlier, Kothari was being questioned in Kanpur where his company and residence is located, they said. He was called here by […] Read more » Bank of Baroda had approached the CBI diamond merchant Nirav Modi Mehul Choksi PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act Punjab National Bank Rotomac Rotomac Global pvt Ltd Rotomac owner Vikram Kothari Vikram Kothari
Top Law News Pak troops violate ceasefire along LoC injuring 3 civilians in Uri sector February 21, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani troops violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, injuring three civilians, police said today. “Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing in Churanda in the Silikote area of Hajipeer sector of Uri,” a police official said. Three civilians sustained injuries in the firing, he said, adding that […] Read more » 3 civilians featured LOC Pak troops Uri sector violate ceasefire
Criminal Law News PNB fraud PMLA case : ED summons Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The ED today issued summons for appearance to billionaire diamond merchant Nirav Modi and his business partner Mehul Choksi in connection with its money laundering probe in the Rs 11,400 crore alleged fraud in Punjab National Bank (PNB), officials said. They said both Modi and Choksi were summoned under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act […] Read more » featured Mehul Choksi Nirav Modi PNB fraud PMLA case
Top Law News Supreme Court asks Centre to apprise it about the total allocation of Haj quota seats and the vacancies February 20, 2018 / February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it by tomorrow about the total allocation of Haj quota seats and the vacancies if any on a plea of the Kerala Haj Committee alleging that the policy to grant state-wise quota for Haj pilgrims was discriminatory. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices […] Read more » Additional Solicitor-General (ASG) Pinky Anand Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Haj quota Haj quota seats Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Kerala Haj Committee the total allocation of Haj quota seats and the vacancies total allocation of Haj quota seats
Top Law News Madras High Court directs Tamil Nadu government to give relief to kin of manual scavengers February 20, 2018 / February 20, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to pay due compensation to the families of three manual scavengers who died while cleaning a septic tank at a hotel in Kancheepuram district last week. The first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose gave the direction when A Narayanan, representing […] Read more » Chief Justice Indira Banerjee featured Justice Abdul Quddhose Madras High Court Manual Scavengers Tamil Nadu government
